[Verse 1]
Cheap stage
Duct-taped cord in my hand
Stale beer
Stamped X’s on the back of your palm
My throat
Rips out every lazy word
Your eyes
Dare me to go too far
[Chorus]
Cut
Cut
Crowd eats the mic
I start the line
You steal it (hey!)
Stop
Start
Teeth on the bite
We burn the hook
You feel it
Crowd eats the mic
I lose my voice
You scream it
Cut
Cut
Crowd eats the mic
We tear the roof
Don’t heal it
[Verse 2]
Bass line
Skips like a kid on a ledge
My head
Pinned to the kick and the crash
You jump
Sweat shakes right off the lights
This night
Chews us and spits us back
[Chorus]
Cut
Cut
Crowd eats the mic
I start the line
You steal it (oh yeah)
Stop
Start
Teeth on the bite
We burn the hook
You feel it
Crowd eats the mic
I lose my voice
You scream it
Cut
Cut
Crowd eats the mic
You take the song
You mean it
[Bridge]
[Drums drop to toms
Bass going wild on a single riff]
Hey—
(I can’t sing)
Hey—
(you sing for me)
Hey—
(fall out, fall in)
[Band hits—choppy stabs
Hard stops]
Fall—
(in, in, in)
[Chorus]
Cut
Cut
Crowd eats the mic
No single star
We’re bleeding (woah)
Stop
Start
Teeth on the bite
You rip the words
I’m reeling
Crowd eats the mic
Floorboards shake
Paint peeling
Cut
Cut
Crowd eats the mic
One last shout
Then silence kneeling